The Will To Train is a performance-based training program for talented and driven young inner-city athletes. We provide not only athletic training, but also a safe, supportive and nurturing environment for the athletes we serve, so they can excel in their academics and achieve a higher education. Our services are definitely a need in our community. We help build the very foundation of our organization, and allow us to provide these deserving young individuals with the facility in which they can reach their potential.
Our mission statement is to provide talented inner-city student athletes with the resources necessary in achieving their goals of higher education success and goals of athletic excellence. Who we are:Helping inner-city minority Athletes in the greater San Diego Area.
We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is looking forward with the new challenges of serving our athletic community at hand. This program in its essence has been ongoing for the past seven years. We have worked with several high school freshmen, helping them throughout their high school career, and continue to provide training and support through college.
Athletic, performance-based training is geared toward each student’s chosen sport. In addition to scheduled group and individual training sessions, these young athletes are part of our family. Homework help and school tutoring/advising, emotional support, and mentorship serve to create a space where these teenagers and young adults can get the resources and assistance they need to achieve their goals. Virtually all of our students come from impoverished backgrounds. Many kids have parents on welfare; some come from areas of brutal gang violence and drug abuse; and some are refugees from war-torn nations. All are striving for something better, and The Will To Train Organization provides the resources necessary for a successful, and happy, future.
We are currently putting together a comprehensive presentation with which to approach our prospective partners and properly build our donor base. Our long-term objectives include providing all the amenities our student athletes needs in one, centrally located facility, a classroom setting that tutors and advisors can assist student athletes, fully equipped training grounds stocked with necessary equipment, a mini kitchen/dining area stocked with healthful food and nutritious supplements, a place where they can come to study/train and escape from the everyday struggle. We plan to grow this organization to be fully sustaining to reach and raise the community from which these talented individuals come. We plan to see them through every step of their journey toward higher education and professional athleticism, many of whom are already on the road to greatness.
Our objectives also include donor outreach and project sponsorship. To read about some of our athletes, click on STORIES.